Portals announces sale of assets from Overton Mill

Summary of Mill Operation Assets

Pulp Mill

• Full cotton comber preparation plant including cotton cleaning, bleaching and Bivis. Capacity 1.5t/hr. Last upgraded with £2m investment in 2012.
• New £4m Andritz refiner line including 4 papillon refiners + all auxiliary equipment including high speed pulping line. Capacity 2t per hour.

Papermaking

• PM1 – full banknote papermachine with £15m upgrade in 2020. Complete new wet end, wire section and press section, ABB drives and control system, vision system. Capacity 15t per day
• PM2 – full banknote papermachine. Capacity 20t per day
• PM3 – full banknote papermachine. Capacity 25t per day. £1m ABB drives upgrade in 2018
• PM8 – full banknote papermachine. Capacity 10t per day.

Surface Applications

• Foiler 1 : Kurz Euro / Secure window foiler. Two foil units, screen printing, secure window, ISRA system. Installed in 2017 with £8m investment.
• Foiler 2:  Kurz Foiler installed in 2003 with upgrade for MD registration in 2014 at cost of £1m and £1m ISRA system. One foil unit, screen printing, ISRA system.
• Gravure coater 1: application of Platinum ™ coating. Newly installed in 2017 at cost of £3m
• Gravure coater 2: application of Platinum ™ coating. Installed in 2003 and upgraded in 2017 with £0.5m

Finishing

• Rewinder line. Speed 1200m/min reel to reel. Investment of £2.5m in 2009
• Bielomatik paper converting line 1: full converting line and auxiliary systems, ISRA inspection, counting, wrapping, semi auto palletiser. Speed 350m/min
• Bielomatik paper converting line 2: full converting line and auxiliary systems, ISRA inspection, counting, wrapping, semi auto palletiser. £1.5m Bielomatik controls upgrade in 2019. Speed 350m/min
• Strekker  6
• Packing line

Other equipment

• PVOH / Additives plant including anti soil treatment. Autonomous plant. Investment of £2m in 2012
• 2 x Algas disc filter system for white water cleaning on papermachine and DAF unit. Investment of £4m in 2018
• Laboratory: £2m investment in new laboratory and equipment in 2012. Over 100 pieces of lab equipment available
• Valmet Pulp Expert and Metso MAP system for fibre analysis
• Power station with Siemens gas turbine for 6MW power generation. £1m control system upgrade in 2017
• Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning plant, £3m investment in 2014
• Expanding Mould cylinders
• Vaults x 2